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No discrepancies in 2023 presidential election results, INEC insists — Daily Nigerian

The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, has dismissed claims of discrepancies between the results on its website and those presented by returning officers at the National Collation Centre, which were broadcast live.

The commission stated this in letter dated Aug. 15 to the Centre for Collaborative Investigative Journalism, CCIJ, which alleged to have found some discrepancies between the election results announced by INEC and the uploaded results to the INEC Result Viewing,IReV.

INEC in the letter signed by the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, said that there was are no “differences” in the number of polling units and registered voters in the listed States.

INEC also maintained that the total number of polling units and registered voters remained as announced by the commission.

The commission said that it “does not announce election results on YouTube” adding that the 2023 presidential election results were announced at the National Collation Centre, Abuja, in the presence of stakeholders, including the media.

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